what you are saying, whether you wish to admit to it or not, is that you are no longer a race fan. I doubt i'll ever subscribe to live feeds, they sputter and stop and go all the time/ and you can't see the whole track all the time like you can being there, so you are missing a lot, you're just seeing what the stingy camera allows you to see, no frig'n way!
/ and as far as promoters losing $$$ in the case of rainouts, yes they do if it rains out before anyone arrives, but in the case of a speed weeks race, with a pit full of cars and the bleachers are packed, the time trials have been ran but no races have been run when it rains and no refunds are made/ then I'd estimate the promoter is sitting on about $120,000.00 in proceeds from the front gate and back gate and nothing has been paid out of it to race teams, so ka-ching. sure some of the fans and competitors might be able to come back for a rain check date, but many will not be able to, so that's alotsa moola in you know who's pocket amigo's!